Reviews
Universal Kingdom: The Next Era review: dinosaurs lit up as part of Illuminate Adelaide
A luminous installation of dinos big and small.
Inconvenient Women review – Australian literary cage-rattlers and trailblazers
From the suffragists to the feminist writers of the 1970s, this book navigates both their inconsistencies and their courage when…
Desire Is a Machine review: an exploration of desire and mental health at Brisbane's Institute of Modern Art
An exhibition that surveys the nexus between desire and mental health.
CIAF 2025 Art Fair Showcase reviewed – the Far North’s celebration of Indigenous culture
This year's Art Fair Showcase underlines the huge breadth of ideas and mediums in current First Nations art practice.
Scenes from a Yellow Peril reviewed: QPAC show exploring systemic and structural racism
A show that uses verbatim words to depict scenes of violence and racism in Australia and New Zealand.
Annie review: an orphan captures hearts on Australian stages
Annie is a well-orchestrated cohesive theatre production, whose songs are as catchy as ever.
My Cousin Frank review: Rhoda Roberts engages at Arts Centre Melbourne
A tribute to the first Aboriginal person to represent Australia at the Olympics.
Working Class Magician: Rehired review – staged with safety in mind
Working Class Magician: Rehired features an inventive setup of a safety seminar for working magicians.
Smokescreen review: smoke and mirrors theatre show in Melbourne
Smokescreen shows how tactics developed by the tobacco industry were used by the fossil fuel industry to delay action on…
Waterloo reviewed: Bron Batten does battle at Melbourne's Theatre Works
Waterloo at Theatre Works strides into the battlefield of ideas, politics and contemporary moral dilemmas.